Washboiler attachment.



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WASHBOILER ATTACHMENT.

(Application med o`..21,1's99.)

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PATENT d WASHBOILER ATTCHIVI ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,442, dated J'uly24, 1900.

Application tiled Ootoher 21, '1899. Serial No. 734,283. .(Nomoclel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOPHIE E. DAVIS, a resident of Cleveland, in thecounty of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Washboiler Attachments; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in Washboiler attachments.

The object of this invention is to provide a washboiler with anattachment whereby the wash can be partially wrung before removing itfrom the boiler, so as to avoid spattering of water around the boilerand over the stove or heater upon which the Wash is boiled.

With this object in view, and to the end of realizing other advantageshereinafter appearing, the invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a top plan, partly in section,of a washboiler and attachment embodying my invention. Fig. II is a sideelevation, mostly in central vertical section, on line Il II, Fig. I.Fig. III is an end elevation, in transverse section, on line III III,Fig. I, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig.IV is atop plan ofthe boilers end portion that bears my improved attachment. Fig. V is aleft-hand side elevation, partly in section, relative to Fig. IV. Figs.IV and V show the parts on a larger scale than the preceding hgures.

Referring to the drawings, a designates a washboiler, within which thewash is boiled and thereupon partially wrung and removed from the boilerby my improved attachment into a receptacle h, that is hung upon oneside of the boiler. Receptacle l) inthe case illustrated is provided atits upper end and upon one side with two hooks b b', arrangedV asuitable distance apart and engaging the upper edge of thereceptacle-supporting side of the washboiler. The receptable h is therenfore removably supported from the boiler.

My improved wash-wringing and wash-refmovin g attachment for washboilerscomprises vrotatable within the hollow shaft CZ.

a bracket c,that is supported,preferably,from an end of the boiler inany approved manner. Preferably the said bracket is removably supportedfrom the boiler,and consists of a metallic plate that engages the outerside of the upper portion of the bracket-supporting end of the boilerand is provided at its upper and inner side with two'hooks c c', thatare arranged a suitable distance apart and engage the upper edge andoverlap the inner side of the said end of the boiler. Bracket c at itsupper end is provided with a horizontally-arranged box c2, that ispreferably integral with the bracket and arranged longitudinally of theboiler. The box c2 affords bearing for a short tubular shaft d, that isarranged horizontally and longitudinally of the boiler, and has itsvinner end terminating a short distance from the inner side of thebracket-bearing end of the boiler. The shaft d is provided at its outerend with a crank d for turning the shaft. The shaft d has its inner endprovided with a laterally-projecting flange or arm d2, that affordsbearing for a stick or rod e, that is employed in elevating wash fromwithin the boiler and participates also in the wringing of the washpreparatory to the latters removal from the boiler. The manner ofoperating the stick or rod e will hereinafter appear. i

A stick or rodf has bearing and is freely The member f is arranged,therefore, horizontally and longitudinally and centrally of and a shortdistance above the boiler. Ihe member f is shiftable endwise and ispreferably long enough to nearly extend the entire length of the boilerwhen it is shifted inwardly the maximum distance. p

The stick or rod e is preferably long enough to render it capable ofreaching into the lower portion of the boiler. The ange or arm di isslotted laterally, as at cl3, to accommodate the extension therethroughof the member c. The slot cl3 extends transversely of the iiange or armand is wider than the engaging stick or rod c in a vertical direction,so as to accommodate the tilting of the latter in every direction, aswell as the shifting of the same laterally endwise of the slot. Thestick or rod e can therefore be tilted in a vertical as well as in thelateral direction, and should be long enough to render it capable ofreaching the Wash next to the bottom of the boiler. The Wash when it isboiled sufficiently is lifted from the boiler` by means of the stick orrod e, and when the latter has been lifted into a plane parallel orapproximately parallel with the freely-rotatable rod f is locked in anyapproved manner to the shaft d against tilting inwardly toward the stickor rod f, so that a rotation of the said shaft by means of the crank dshall revolve the stick or rod e around the stick or rod f, and therebywring the wash before the latter is removed from the boiler, and whenthe Wash has been suflicientlywrung to preventspattering of water overand around the boiler in removing the said wash from the boiler thestick or rod e is loosened relative to the shaft, so that it can betilted laterally, as required, to remove the wash into the receptacle b.The endwise shiftability of the stick or rod f permits the removal ofthe same from the wash that has been Wrung, so as to leave the washsupported from the stick or rod e preparatory to the removal of the washto the receptacle Z2.

The means employed for preventing an inward tilting of the stick or rodc toward the stick or rod f comprises, preferably, a vertically-tiltinglatch h, that is-pivoted horizontally at one end, as at h', to the armor iiange d2 at one end of the slot d3 at the outer side of the arm orflange and is adapted to be tilted over and transversely of the stick orrod e and hold the latter against the inner sidewall of the slot cl3.The free end of the latch is provided, preferably, with a lateralperforation h2, that in the operative position of the latch registerswith a corresponding perforation or hole d4, formed in the arm or flanged2, and a pin lis inserted in the said holes in the latchs operativeposition and secures the latch in the said position. Upon withdrawingthis pin from the perforation or hole d4 the latch is free to be swungout of engagement with the stick or rod e. Preferably the inner wall ofthe slot d5 is-provided with two recesses d5 d5, arranged a suitabledistance apart and extending transversely of the wall, and the latchupon its inner side is provided with two corresponding recesses h3 h3,arranged a corresponding distance apart andextending transversely of thelatch, and the arrangement of part-s is such that eachV recess h in thelatch will register with a recess Z5 in the inner wall of the slot inthe operative position of the latch, and the stick or rod e when itengages two registering recesses h3 and d5 in the operative position onfthe latch is held against lateral as well as endwise displacement. Thecapability of the stick or rod f to freely turn during the wringing offthe clothes avoids undue straining of or injury to the rods or sticks eand f during the wringinggoperation.

I would have it understood that my invention is not limited to thedetails of construction hereinbefore disclosed, but embraces, broadly,raWash-wringing device comprising a hollow or tubular shaft, a boxaffording bearing for the said shaft, a stick or rod extending throughand shift-able endwise o f the said box, and another suitably-supportedrod or stick arranged a suitable distance from and revoluble around thefirst-mentioned stick or rod.

1. A wash-wringing attachment for washboilers, comprising a bracketprovided, at its upper end, with a box; a tubular and suitably-operatedshaft having bearing within the said box; an endwise-shiftable stick orvrod extending through and freely turnable Within the shaft; a ange orarm formed upon the inner end of the shaft; a stick or rod havingbearing within the said flange or arm and tilt. able vertically andlaterally, and means for preventing an inward tilting of thelast-tuentioned stick or rod toward the other rod or stick,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A wash-wringing attachment for Washboilers, comprising a bracketprovided with a box; a tubular or hollow shaft having bearing within thebox and provided with means for rotating the shaft; an endwise-shiftablestick or rod extending through and freely rotatable within the hollowshaft; a flange or arm formed upon the inner end of the shaft and havinga lateral slot; an end wiseshiftable stick or rod extending through andhaving bearing upon the inner wall of the said slot, whichlast-mentioned stick or rod is capable of being actuated into a positionparallel with the first-mentioned stick or rod and is capable of beingtilted vertically and laterally, and means for preventing an inwardtilting of the tiltable stick or rod toward the other rod or stick,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A wash-wringing attachment for washboilers, comprising a bracketprovided with a box; a tubular or hollow shaft having bearing within thebox and provided with means for rotating the shaft; an endwise-shiftablestick orrod extending through and freely rotatable within the hollowshaft; a iiange or arm formed upon the inner end of the shaft and havinga lateral slot; an endWise-shiftable stick or rod extending through andhaving bearing within the said slot, which last-men tioned stick or rodis capable of being tilted vertically and laterally; a latch pivoted tothel aforesaid flange or arm at one end of the slot and arranged torender it capable of being tilted overand upon the tiltable stick orrod, and means for locking the said latch in itsoperative position.

4. A wash-wringing attachment for washboilers, comprising a bracketprovided with a IOO IIO

box; a tubular or hollow shaft having bearing within the box andprovided With-means for rotating the shaft; an en dwi se-shiftable stickor rod extending through and freely rotatable within the hollow shaft; aiiange or arm formed upon the inner end of the shaft and having alateral slot and a pin-receiving hole; an endwise-shiftable stick or rodextending through and having bearing upon the inner wall of the saidslot, which last-mentioned stick or rod is capable of being tiltedvertically and laterally; a latch pivoted to the aforesaid flange or armat on`e end of the slot and arranged to render it capable of beingtilted transversely of the tiltable stick or rod, which latch has a holeformed in its free end and arranged to register with the pinreceiv inghole of the latch-bearing flange or arm when the latch is in itsoperative position, and a pin for engaging the said holes, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

5. A Wash-wringing attachment for washboilers, comprising a bracketprovided with a box; a tubular or hollow shaft having bearing Within thebox and provided with means for rotating the shaft; an endwise-shiftablestick or rod extending through and freely rotatable within the hollowshaft; a ange or arm formed upon the inner end of the shaft and having alateral slot whose inner wall is provided with a recess d5 extendingtransversely of the said wall; an endwise-shiftable stick or rodextending through and having bearing within the said slotgi whichlast-mentioned stick or rod is capable of being tilted vertically andlaterally; a latch pivoted to the aforesaid flange or arm and arrangedto render it capable of being tilted transversely of the tiltable stick,which latch has a recess h3 ar ranged to register with the aforesaidrecess d5 in the operative position of the latch, and means for securingthe latch in its operative position, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

6. A wash-wringing attachment for Washboilers, comprising a bracket chaving the hooks c c and the box c2; the tubular or hol-v low shaft dprovided with the arm or flange d2 that has the lateral slot d3; thestick or rod e extending through the said slot and capable of beingshifted endwise and tilted vertically and laterally; means forpreventing an inward tilting of the said stick or rod toward the otherrod orstick, and an endwise-shiftable stick or rod extending through andfreely turnable within the hollow shaft, all arranged and operatingsubstantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

7. The combination with the washboiler:

of ahollow shaft suitably supported from the4 boiler and extending overthe chamber of the boiler; a stick or rod extending through and freelyturnable within the said shaft; another stick or rod connected with theshaft and capable of being arranged longitudinally of and parallel, orapproximately parallel,

with the first-mentioned stick or rod and havthe other rod or stick,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination with the washboiler; a hollow shaft suitablysupported from the boiler and extending over the chamber of the boiler;an endwise-shiftable stick or rod extending through and freely turnableWithin the said shaft; another stick or rod connected with the shaftland capable of being arranged longitudinally of and parallel, orapproximately parallel, with the first-mentioned stick or rod and havingsuch connection with the shaft as to render it capable of being tiltedvertically and laterally, and means for preventing an inward tilting ofthe tiltable stick'or rod toward the other rod or stick: of a receptaclearranged outside of, and. removably attached to, the boiler, and havingsuch arrangeinentrelative, to the tiltable rod or stick, that the latteris capable of being tilted over the said receptacle.

9. The combination with a washboiler: of a bracket removably attached tothe boiler and provided with-a box above the boiler, a tubular shafthaving bearing in the said box and extending over the chamber of theboiler; an endwise-shiftable stick or rod extending through and freelyturnable within the hollow shaft; a flange or arm formed upon and.projecting laterally of the inner end of the shaft; another stick or rodhaving bearing within the said flange or arm and tiltable lati erallyand vertically, and capable of being arranged parallel or approximatelyparallelv with the first-mentioned stick or rod, and means forpreventing an inward tilting of the tiltable stick or rod toward theother rod or stick, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

lO. The combination with a washboiler: of a bracket removably attachedto the boiler and provided with a box above the boiler; a tubular shafthaving bearing in the said box and extending over the chamber of theboiler; an endwise-shiftable stick or rod extending through and freelyturnable within the hollow shaft, and another stick or rod revolubleabout the first-mentioned stick or rod and suitably supported from orconnected with the aforesaid shaft, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

11. A wash-wringing attachment for washboilers, comprising a bracketprovided with a box; a tubular or hollow shaft having bearing within thesaid box and provided with means for rotating the shaft; anendwiseshiftable stick or rod extending through the said shaft, andanother stick or rod revoluble around the first-mentioned rod or stickand IOO suitably supported from or connected with rod or stick revolublearound the rst-men Io the aforesaid shaft, substantially as and fortioned stick or rod,` substantially as and for the purpose set forth.the purpose set forth.

12. AWash-Wringing attachment for ywash- Signed by me at Cleveland,Ohio, this 19th boilers, comprising a tubulaior hollow shaft; day ofSeptember, 1899. a box affording bearing for the said shaft, SOPHIEA E.DAVIS. and means for attaching the box to a Wash- Witnesses: boiler; astick or rod extending through and C. H. DORER,

freely rotatable Within the box, and another A. H. PARRATT.

